Case for currency and other notes.



J. FENIGSTEIN.

CASE FOR CURRENCY AND OTHER NOTES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. i5| l9]?- Patented Apr. 24, 1917.

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CASE FOR CURRENCY AND OTHER NOTES.

Application filed January 15, 1917.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JACOB FENIGSTEIN, a subject of the Emperor ofRussia, residing at 119 Old street, Finsbury, London, England, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Cases for Currency and otherNotes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cases for currency and other notes and has forits object to provide a case from which the notes can be removed one ata time without the necessity for opening such case.

The case constructed according to my invention is composed of two partsor leaves hinged together and adapted to be closed by a suitable snap orfastening at the free edges.

The hinges or hinge pins are arranged at the sides of the case andbetween the hinges is formed a slit through which the notes are removed.

Within the case, and attached to one leaf thereof, is a clip for holding'the notes at one end, and the said case is of a size adapted, whenopen, to allow the notes to be laid flat therein, with one end beneaththe clip and so that when the case is closed the free ends of the noteswill be folded on to the top of the clip, while the centers of the noteswill be adjacent to the slit before referred 'to. 4

The leaf of the case which when closed lies upon, or adjacent to, theunclipped ends of the notes is formed with an opening, extending forsome distance along the case, to allow of the thumb being placed uponthe exposed part of the outermost note.

. My invention will be readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawing; in which Figure 1 is a plan View of the improvedcase.

Fig. 2 is a side view, and

Fig. 3 an end view.

Fig. 4 is a plan of the case open, and

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55, Fig. 4:.

Fig. 6 is a perspective View illustrating the operation of removing anote from the case.

denominations.

a, b 1nd1cate the two leaves of the case which are hinged together at a,c in such Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 24, 1917.

Serial No. 142,496.

a manner that a slit (Z is formed between the two edges, through whichslit the notes are to be removed, and the hinges c, c are so formed thatthey do not project inside the case so that the width of the slitcorresponds to the full internal width of the case. The case itself isadvantageously made of wedge shape, the thin edge of the wedge beingadjacent to the hinges; this arrangement prevents the free ends of thenotes being so tightly pressed together that their removal might beimpeded.

The snap or fastening for securing the case may be of any suitableconstruction; as shown, it is composed of a spring bar e attached to theleaf a and having upon it two catches f, 7 designed to engage withnotches in the ledge g on the member Z). 72. is a press for operatingthe snap.

i is the opening formed in the member a and serving to allow the thumbor finger to be placed upon the exposed note to withdraw it.

75 is the clip for holding the notes at one end, the said clip beinghinged in the sides of the member Z) of the case, as clearly shown inFig. 4. This clip is provided with two claws Z, Z which directly bearupon the notes and with an arm or extension 7?, which tends to projectoutward, as indicated in Fig. 5, so that when the case is closed it actsas a spring to press the claws Z upon the notes one of which isindicated at A. Furthermore, this extension is advantageously carriedforward so that it projects into the opening 2' and will. be depressedby the thumb of the user when removing a note.

0 is a tongue on the member a beneath which the free ends of the notesheld by the clip can be placed. In putting the notes into the case theclip is is lifted and the notes at one end are placed beneath the same,the other ends of the notes being placed under the tongue 0 as indicatedclearly in Fig. 5. The case is now closed so that the notes are folded,a portion of the outermost note being exposed through the opening 2'.

To remove a note the case is held, say, in the left hand while the thumbof the right hand is placed upon the exposed portion of the note, thenby drawing the thumb toward the palm of the hand the free end of thenote will be rolled or pulled back through the slit, as indicated inFig. 6.

lVhen one end of the note has thus been removed the projecting partthereof can be grasped to pull the other end of the note from beneaththe clip k without disturbing the other notes in the case.

If a case is desired for holding notes of different values it may becomposed of three members in a manner which will be clearly understoodby reference to Fig. 7, the two outermost members a being hinged to theintermediate member 7), and each provided with an opening 2'.

The case may be made of metal or of other material possessing suiiicientrigidity, or of a combination of materials such, for instance, asleather or the like with a metal frame.

Claims:

1. A case for currency and other notes comprising two hinged leavesbetween which the notes are placed in a folded condition the said leavesbeing so connected that a slit is formed at the hinged side throughwhich the notes can be removed While one leaf of the case is providedwith an opening for allowing the finger to be placed upon the notepartly exposed in the said opening, for the purpose of withdrawing it,substantially as described.

2. A case for currency and other notes comprising two hinged leaves, aslit formed between the adjacent hinged edges, an opening for allowingthe finger to be placed upon a note partly exposed in the said opening,and a clip arranged within the case for holding the notes at one end,substantially as described.

3. A case for currency and other notes comprising the following elements:-two leaves hinged together and made deeper at one end than at theother so that when the leaves are closed together the case will be ofwedge shape, a fastening for retaining the leaves in their closedposition, a slit formed at the hinged edge of the case through which thenotes can be removed, an opening formed in one leaf for allowing thefinger to be placed upon a note partly exposed in the said opening, anda clip pivoted in the deep end of one leaf, claws upon the said clip forgripping the notes, and an extension also formed upon the said clip andprojecting beneath the opening formed in the other leaf, substantiallyas described.

4. In a case for currency and other notes, the combination of two leavesor case parts made deeper at one end than at the other, an intermediateframe to which the said leaves are hinged at their shallow ends, a catchor fastening upon each leaf for securing it to the intermediate frame, aslit at the shallow end to each leaf between its outer wall and theintermediate frame, and an opening formed in each leaf for allowing thefinger to be placed upon a note partly exposed in the said opening,substantially as described,

JACOB FENIGSTEIN.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. BOUSFIELD, C. G. REDFERN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

' Washington, D. G.

